A variant of the Nokia Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 handset, dubbed the Lumia 822, will be coming to Verizon for $99.99 with a two-year contract. The Lumia 820 series are the more modest counterparts to the higher-end Lumia 920, all of which are slated for official announcements with prices and release dates later today.

Like the Lumia 820, the Lumia 822 packs a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8-megapixel camera, but will have 16GB of storage built-in as opposed to the 820's 8GB. The 822 also has a significantly longer battery life, offering 11.7 hours of talk time, compared to the 820's 7.5 hours.

The Lumia 822 and 820 both have a 4.3-inch 800x480 display, but the 822's face is rounder, and it's a bit thicker than the 820 at 11.2 millimeters to the 820's 9.9 millimeters. The Lumia 820 will also come in a range of colors including red, yellow, cyan and purple, while the 822 will stick to grayscale: white, gray, or black.

The Lumia 822 is $99.99 on a two-year contract with Verizon. Microsoft and Nokia have yet to announce a release date for any of the phones in the Lumia line, but rumor has it that November 12 will be the day for the 822, with November 2 for the Lumia 920 and 820. HTC's range of Windows Phone 8 devices are slated for November and likely won't follow far behind.